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NSW couple allegedly attack after restaurant's COVID request

A couple has been charged after allegedly attacking a restaurant owner and another man who intervened when they refused to check in to the venue.

Just after 7pm on Monday, the man and woman went to the restaurant on Wharf Street in Forster, where staff asked them to sign in using the mandatory QR code.

The man, 34, allegedly grabbed a bottle of water and threw it at a wall, smashing it.

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A couple have been fined after an argument with a NSW restaurant owner over a QR check in code. Forster

He's then accused of punching the owner, a 39-year-old man, after being escorted from the venue.

The woman, 27, is accused of biting another man, 44, who intervened in the fight. Police say he was left with a bleeding and bruised bicep.

A surveillance camera outside the restaurant captured part of the scuffle, and the couple can be seen wrestling with the owner and another customer.

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A security captured some of the alleged fight outside the eatery in Forster.

The restaurant owner suffered facial injuries and a suspected broken nose and was taken to Manning Base Hospital.

The couple left the restaurant but they were arrested a short time later and taken to Forster Police Station.

The 34-year-old man was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, affray, intimidation and malicious damage.

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The 27-year-old woman was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

They were both granted conditional bail and are expected to appear in Forster Local Court on July 28.

They were also fined $1000 each.

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Falls of up to 300mm to drench eastern Australia

Australians are advised to keep their umbrellas handy, with falls of up to 300 millimetres expected for parts of eastern Australia in the coming days.

Weatherzone meteorologist Joel Pippard told nine.com.au that two troughs off the eastern coast would make it a wet week for parts of Queensland and NSW.

The heaviest falls will come in northern Queensland, between Cairns and Townsville, Mr Pippard said.

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"It's pretty likely that over the next few days, say until Thursday, there will be isolated rainfalls of up to 150-300mm there," Mr Pippard said.

"It is Australia's wettest region though."

A southern coastal trough off the shores of southern Queensland and northern NSW is set to bring lighter but more widespread rain to both states.

Mr Pippard said between Hervey Bay and Sydney there would be falls of five to 10 millimetres, along with isolated heavier showers bringing 30-50mm.

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But although widespread from north to south, he said the weather wouldn't roll inland.

"It's not making it further than the Great Dividing Range," he said.

The heavier showers are likely to be extremely localised.

Yesterday, 31mm fell at Williamtown, Newcastle, while surrounding areas received just one to two millimetres.

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